In a piece of great news for the Sydney independent theatre scene, where good performance spaces are hard to find, co -founders Julie Baz and David Jeffrey have announced in a letter to their supporters that their new theatre, the Depot Theatre in Marrickville, will open, as originally planned, in July.
Below is the transcript of their letter to their many supporters:-
We are thrilled to announce that after a very brief departure we’re back and are now forging ahead as planned to create and open THE DEPOT THEATRE, a new independent theatre and events venue at the old Sidetrack Theatre site within the Addison Road Centre in Marrickville.
Since proclaiming less than a week ago that we had to abandon our plans and were withdrawing from the indie theatre sector, we have been inundated with an outpouring of heartfelt support and encouragement.
This, along with the unwavering support of the Addison Road Centre through what has been a highly emotional and tumultuous time, has given us renewed strength, vigour and enthusiasm for the future.
We sincerely thank all of our supporters from the bottom of our hearts and look forward to sharing the THE DEPOT THEATRE with you for many years to come. To continue to show your support, we simply ask you to focus your energy on fostering, creating and experiencing some great indie theatre. Get involved in productions, tell all your friends about the venue, and most importantly, come and see shows.
We also ask that, as tempting as it might be right now, we do not form a similar ‘angry mob’ to the one that almost crushed us.
We’re not interested in and will never support that kind of behaviour. So, let’s keep the talk, the social media commentary and all the rest positive and just ignore the negative.
To celebrate coming out of our very short-lived retirement, we’re extending our earlybird offer by one week for our opening production. ALL tickets are just $20* to THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov, playing 15 July – 1 August.
*Select ‘full’ tickets and use the promo code Depot75 when you book your tickets here: http://www.
See you there!
Julie Baz and David Jeffrey
Co-founders of THE DEPOT THEATRE
Co-founders of THE DEPOT THEATRE